Extract text from Mindmap files (PMAP)
To convert PMAP Mindmaps to another format, you need Pocket Mindmap or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Mapping Data File" file type, you need software like Pocket Mindmap or a similar tool.
The .PMAP file extension primarily belongs to Pocket Mindmap, a discontinued mobile productivity application by JKRB Software. These files store structured brainstorming data, including nodes, text branches, and user notes. Alternatively, .PMAP files are used as Pipeline Mapping Context files within the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Calibration References Data System, as localization property maps in the KDE desktop environment, or as phase maps in Ansys OpticStudio.
The biggest problem with .PMAP files is that they rely on obsolete or highly niche software. If you have a Pocket Mindmap file, it requires a dead Windows Mobile application to open. Standard modern mind mapping tools like XMind or FreeMind cannot read this proprietary format. You will simply get an error if you try to import it. Similarly, JWST data mapping files require specific Python environments to read their rules. This makes the format extremely frustrating for everyday users who just want to access their old data.
Fortunately, most .PMAP files store their internal data as standard XML or plain text. You will lose the visual layout and graphics of the original mind map, but the core text is still there. If our engine detects a standard text or XML format underneath, you can view the text or convert the raw data into universal formats like TXT, JSON, or XML.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PMAP file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert PMAP file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Pocket Mindmap or similar software from the "Data and Mindmap Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to PMAP, try Pocket Mindmap or another comparable tool in the "Data and Mindmap Storage" category.
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